Crafting a canoe from Meranti wood is a deeply satisfying endeavor for any DIY enthusiast seeking both challenge and reward. Known for its lightweight strength and fine grain, Meranti is a top choice ...

Hulls constructed of willow give canoes a Mississippi flavor. Classes meet two nights a week for six weeks. Canoes are 15 feet and weigh about 42 pounds. Avid paddler John Carter of Jackson never ...

OAK GROVE, Minn. — Inside an unassuming workshop, Jesse Gerhard is painstakingly building a canoe with locally discarded wood. "This is from a church in Crystal, the actual plywood. The redwood is ...

MOORESVILLE — Woodworking is a traditional craft in decline in this increasingly digital world, but one Mooresville resident is helping keep the art form alive. John Van Hal makes custom wooden canoes ...

Nakai Clearwater Northup (right), head of education at the Mashantucket Pequot, carves up deer meat alongside Miguel Ortiz who is with visitor services. Members of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal ...

Trent Preszler, the CEO of Bedell Cellars in Cutchogue, makes wooden canoes by hand. Preszler, who grew up on South Dakota cattle ranch, taught himself how to do it from scratch by reading books and ...

Members of the Inuit community of Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador province once used wood-and-canvas canoes to navigate the region's rivers. An Inuit Builder Crafts His Last Canoe In a remote ...

John Carter, a Mississippi woodworker, runs a workshop in Jackson where students build traditional wooden canoes with Mississippi native materials. Here's the nominees for Clarion Ledger girls Athlete ...